Hugo Soares asks PSD deputies for “modesty” until the meeting between Montenegro and Pedro Nuno
The parliamentary leader of the PSD, Hugo Soares, this Wednesday gave instructions to social democratic deputies not to participate in debates in the media until the meeting between the prime minister and the secretary general of the PS on the State Budget for 2025 , which is scheduled for Friday the 27th.
In a message sent to deputies, reported by Observador and to which Lusa had access, Hugo Soares invokes the need for modesty and not create “unnecessary noise” that could be used “as an excuse by the opposition” for not approving the document.
“I made the decision, which I would like you to understand, that the PSD deputies (which includes me, of course), will not hold any more debates on radio or television until there is a meeting between the prime minister and the secretary general of the PS” , he wrote. And he justifies: “I believe it is a sign of political maturity and modesty so as not to create unnecessary noise that could contribute to opposition parties using it as an excuse for not achieving the goal that the country and we want: the approval of the OE for 2025 “.
The prime minister and the secretary general of the PS will have the first public meeting on the State Budget for 2025 on Friday, after months of exchanging arguments between Luís Montenegro and Pedro Nuno Santos.
The meeting, scheduled for 3pm at the Prime Minister’s official residence, in São Bento, will be the first between the leaders of the two largest parties on the State Budget for next year, after two rounds of negotiations between the Government and opposition parties in which Montenegro was not present (in the first, for health reasons, in the second by choice of the executive), which led the general secretary of the socialists to also not be part of the PS delegation.
The State Budget proposal for 2025 must be submitted to the Assembly of the Republic by October 10th and still has uncertain approval, as the PSD and CDS-PP (parties that support the executive) have a total of 80 deputies, insufficient to guarantee the viability of the document.
